During INNOBITE's first year running, a workshop will take place on the 16th of September 2013 in Dübendorf, Switzerland. The workshop topic will be “Biorefinery and Nanocellulose” and the following groups will participate as lecturers: EMPA, Tecnalia, CIMV, Tecnaro and ECOPULP . This workshop will be an opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience in important aspects of the project, such as the biorefinery concept and market, green chemicals from wood, lignin-based molecules, lignin-based thermoplastics and types of nanocellulose, its production methods, commercial initiatives and applications. A link is available for the registration: www.empa.ch/Innobite More Information: http://www.innobite.eu/news.php?id=83

1. Biorefinery &
Nanocellulose
16th
September 2013
Dübendorf
INNOBITE is a research project co-funded by the European
CommunitySeventh Framework Programme for European
Research and Technological Development, and has received
research funding from the European Union
Grant Agreement No: 308.465
www.innobite.eu
INNOBITE’s 1st Workshop
INNOBITE´s 1st WORKSHOP LOCATION
EMPA Akademie
Ueberlandstrasse. 129 CH-8600 Dübendorf
Switzerland
GENERAL INFORMATION
Costs The event is sponsored by Empa and
free of charge for the participants.
Registration www.empa.ch/Innobite
Deadline September 6th, 2013
Contact Empa Philippe.Tingaut@empa.ch

2. 8:30-9:00 Registration and Welcome
MORNING SESSION BIOREFINERY
9:00-9:25 Introduction to the 1st Workshop
INNOBITE project and Workshop & Review series
9:25-9:50 Biorefinery: an emerging market
Biorefinery concept, market reality and CIMV position
9:50-10:15 Swiss Biorefinery:
Energetic aspects
10:15-10:25 Open discussion on the previous topics
10:25-11:00 Coffee break
11:00-11:25 Lignin-based molecules
Lignin: Structure, reactivity and molecular products
11:25-11:50 Lignin-based Thermoplastics
ARBOFORM: possibilities and potential
11:50-12:00 Open discussion on the previous topics
12:00-13:30 Lunch break
AFTERNOON SESSION NANOCELLULOSE
13:30-13:55 What is nanocellulose
Types, production methods and industrial/commercial initiatives
13:55-14:20 Nanocellulose applications
Overview of main uses and reinforcement in nanocomposites
14:20-14:45 Coffee break
14:45-15:10 Nanocellulose & Resource Efficiency
New paper recycling method to produce nanocellulose
from newspapers
15:10-15:35 How safe is Nanocellulose
15:35-15:50 Open discussion on the previous topics
15:50-16:00 Closing of the Workshop
Programme
Dr. Tilman Schildhauer (PSI)
Bouchra Benjelloun (CIMV)
Alvaro Tejado (TECNALIA)
Christian Bährle (PSI)
Michael Schweizer (TECNARO)
Tanja Zimmermann (EMPA)
Houssine Sehaqui (EMPA)
Alvaro Tejado (TECNALIA)
Ari Hentonnen (ECOPulp)
Peter Wick (EMPA)
Tanja Zimmermann (EMPA)
INNOBITE partner
INVITED speaker (Greatfully Acknowledged)
Biorefinery & Nanocellulose
16th Sep
INNOBITE’s 1st Workshop
INNOBITE project’s “Biorefinery and Nanocellulose Workshop” aims to disseminate the
potential of lignocellulosic materials from two perspectives: nanocellulose-based products
and biorefinery-derived chemicals, focusing in both cases on existing and upcoming markets.
The whole INNOBITE project www.innobite.eu is framed under the European initiative to build
up sustainable production and consumption patterns where the efficiency of natural resources
is taken to its maximum.
Biorefineries and the INNOBITE project
A biorefinery is a highly sustainable process that enables the
successive extraction of the different valuable fractions of
plants, similar to how a crude oil refinery enables extraction of valua-
ble fractions from crude oil. One of the main objectives of the INNOBI-
TE project is “to develop and integrate a biorefinery process that is an
environmentally acceptable method for the effective extraction of the
inorganic fraction of wheat straw” , a sub-process that has not yet been
developed nor integrated in existing biorefineries.
In addition to the inorganic fraction, the biorefinery process will also
provide cellulose and lignin. These fractions, along with the inorga-
nic fraction (mainly silica) can then be used to produce Lignin based
thermosetting (L-TS) resin, lignin based thermoplastic (L-TP) resin and
silica biocomposite, which in turn can be used in the production of
decking, fencing and indoor panels.
Nanocellulose and the INNOBITE Project
Nanocellulose or microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) is an outstan-
ding material that builds up the cell walls of plants (i.e. lignocellulosic
materials) and thus, in paper. The high aspect ratio (length/diameter
ratio) of these MFC makes them ideal to be used as a reinforcing ele-
ment in plastic composites.
A big challenge of the INNOBITE project is “to develop a method for
the production of MFC from recycled paper that balances, from the
ecological point of view, the environmental impact of the recycling sta-
ge and the energy required for MFC production”. The MFC produced
in this way can then be used to produce MFC films, which in turn, and
along with L-TS resin from the biorefinery process can be used in the
production of indoor panels.
Workshop Organizer: EMPA
Place & Date: EMPA Akademie, Dübendorf / 16th September 2013
Contacts:
alvaro.tejado@tecnalia.com
Philippe.Tingaut@empa.ch